"The intention is to retire his number, but we specifically said it that way, for now," Lacob recently told The Athletic's Tim Kawakami. "Because he's still playing, it's kind of inappropriate to some extent to say you're gonna retire his number when he's still playing in the league, but that's the intention."

In his July 1 statement, Lacob proclaimed, "As long as I am Co-Chairman of this team, no player will ever wear #35 for the Warriors again."

The Warriors owner also said Andre Iguodala's No. 9 will likely be retired.

"We always want to be gracious," he said. "I've said all along, he and any player like Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, whoever it is, a free agent, it's their choice. They earned it. They have the right to make the choice they want to make."

The decision to retire Durant's number after he spent just three seasons in the Bay Area was not warmly received by some Warriors fans.

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"I got friends in Chicago that are saying, 'That's some BS.' You know?" he said. "They want to email Joe Lacob and Bob Myers and they want to tell them, 'Well, how come my number isn't retired and not going up in the rafters?'"

Durant won two NBA championships in his three seasons with the Warriors.